Abstract:Purpose: To study the changes in corneal re-epithelialization rate in patients undergoing surface photorefractive keratectomy by using 3% trehalose. Methods: This is a prospective, randomized, controlled clinical trial.The inclusion criteria were patients older than 18 years, with clinical and topographic criteria for refractive surgery, who agreed to participate in the protocol. Randomization was carried out to assign one eye of each patient to the control group with conventional treatment and the other eye t… Show more
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